Recent content by Anonymous

I've been suffering with BFS for more years than I wish to admit, so I know all about fasics, twitches, or whatever you call them. Recently, I began getting these weird . . . buzzing, tingling, vibrating, mild-electric-current-like, creeping/crawling . . . whatever it could be called...

Well, at least the chiro I e-mailed is adamant that he can. (If you're interested I've included his rather lenthy and technical response below.)_____________________________________________________Right off, I would say yes. If the spine is out of whack, itinterferes with the normal functions...

Yes, I know this sounds stupid -- though the body involuntarily twitching is a stupid thing, too, wouldn't you say? -- but is it at all possible that BFS symptoms can be, if not caused, at least aggrivated by pets? (Perhaps some sort of allergic reaction, or something?) I say this, because the...

Many here noted that multi vitamins seemed to increase twitches. Any idea why? (I once stopped taking M-Vs for a few months, and only took spirullina and chlorella . . . don't recall any change in symptoms.) For a while I took a cheap multi (only 100% rda). This seemed to coincide with a...

While I know it is not the cause of BFS, I m absolutely convinced that nutrition plays a major role in the severity of the symtoms. The only thing I've discovered that virtually eliminates it is when I don't eat at home . . . if I go on vacation, its gone within a couple days, then returns a...

I realize BFS isn't well understood, but does anyone know of any lists which show what things can increase the symtoms? I've read of a few on this site -- tea, stress, caffine -- and have noticed a few of my own -- vegetables (especially broccoli), low-salt diets, and excercise. Anyone know of...